Water-bandage.



No. 69|,270. Patented l,an.'l4, |902;

. (L H. JGNES. I

WATER BANDAGE. (Applicativi: led Oct. 14, 1901.

(lo Model.)

1, r/////7/// /A b d,

v D K 0 E @T Eg# o \p S/ /lllllI// AB Q A R 4,.---,//

y Figi N UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES I'I. JONES, OF TEMPE, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

WATER-BAN DAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 'LetterSiPiatent No. 691,270, datedJanuary 14, 1902. Application tiled October 14, 1901. Serial No. 78,657.(No model) To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. J ONES, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Tempe, in the county of Maricopa and Territory ofArizona, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Water-Bandages,ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to water-bandages for reducing fever in which coldwater or other suitable liquid is made to circulate through coils ofrubber or other suitable material placed around or in contact with thebody the temperature of which is to be lowered; and its objects are,first, to provide a light portable stand for the receptacles of thewater or other liquid, whereby its iow through the coil may be adjustedas desired, and, second, to improve in certain particulars such coils.The manner in which I accomplish these objects and others of likecharacter Will be more particularly described in this specitcation,taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a parthereof, and then pointed out in Ithe claims at the end of thedescription.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side View in perspective of the entireapparatus, one of the fluid-receptacles being shown in section. Fig. 2is a View from above of the base of the stand. Fig. 3 is a side view ofthe base of the stand. Fig. 4 is a view in section showing the manner inwhich the movable beam is pivoted and adjusted on the upright of thestand. Fig. 5 represents cross-sections of different fortns of the tubeused in the coil. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the tube at thejunction with the coil.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

A is an upright bar or tube of iron, wood, or other material, preferablyan iron tube, ilattened at the upper end and notched at its extremity.The beam B, which may be of any material, is pivoted on the tube A bymeans of the pin D, which fits loosely7 in the notches at the end of A.This permits B to swing freely on D, which is placed at its center. Tothe beam B is also attached the semicircular piece of metal or othersuitable material C, which as B swings up and down on D passes freelyfrom end to end between the upper part of the upright A and theprojecting upturned flange F, which is made or fastened onto A andthrough which works the rat-tail screw E, by means of the friction ofwhich against C the beam B can be readily adjusted in any desiredposition, the ends being at the same elevation or either one at anydesired height above the other.

Upon the ends ot' the beam B are made or placed hooks, to which areattached buckets K and L, in which is placed the water or other liquid.These buckets are preferably made, as shown in Fig. 1, with an outer andinner chamber, the outer to be packed with sawdust or othernon-heat-conducting substance M and the inner filled with ice and wateror other liquid. At the base of each bucket, by means of a pipe and cockO, the Water may be drawn off into the tube P, of rubber or othersuitable material. Over the inner end of @the outlet-pipe from thebuckets maybe placed wire screens V, which will prevent any solidpassing into the tube and coil. Thetube P, which may be of any desiredlength, runs from one bucket to the coil S and thence to the otherbucket. The coil S, which is part of the tube, may be made in any formand may be adapted to be Wound around or placed in 'contact with anypart of the body. Where it comes in contact with the body, thetemperature of the bodyis lowered by the ow of cold water or otherliquid through the coil. When all of the liquid has passed from onereceptacle to the other, the beam B may be swung up, so that the fullreceptacle is on a higher level than the empty one, thus causing theliquid to flow back again, and so on.

In Order to prevent thetube from bending, so as to stop the fiow, and inorder that it may be more easily handled, it may be passed through aY-shaped tube of metal or other material Q, which may be adj usted asdesired, thus holding together the two parts of the tube running fromthe coil. Another device that may be used for the same purpose toprevent kinking of the tube is to have the part of the tube where itleaves the coil, as shown at T, Fig. l, vfastened to the coil, so thatboth parts of the tube will be rigidly attached at T and both leave thecoil at the ICO same place', thus lessening the chance ofthe tube beingbent, so that Water will not flow through it.

To further prevent kinking of the tube, it may at the point T, where itleaves the coil and is apt to bend, be reinforced by being thickened, asshown in Fig. 6.

The tube of which the coil is constructed may be flattened and inadethin on the side which comes in contact with the body, as shown in Figs.5 and 6, thus presenting a larger cooling-surface and a thinner wallbetween the cooling liquid and the body.

It will be observed that the apparatus described is of light and durableconstruction and is adapted to be knocked down, packed in small compass,and readily set up again. I have also. provided a base for the stand,which is of the same simple construction. The uprightA is notched at itsbase, the notch fitting over the thin plate Gr, made of metal or othersuitable material and having'a foot at either end. To G are attached, bythu mbscrews H, which set in notches on the upper edge of G, the platesJ and J which are'of the same construction as G, each having a foot atits end and Which` tit tightly around the upright A. By putting theparts together and adjusting the thumb-screws H the base is held firmlyin place and the apparatus is supported. In this way a portable andsimply-constructed device is produced which can be quickly adj usted ata bed sida-'permitting `ratus therefor, the combination of an uprightsupport-ing adjustably thereon a` verticallyswinging beam, adapted toholdv liquid-receptacles at each end of the beam, aiiexible tube leadingfrom one receptacle to a @eiland thence to the other receptacle,substantially as described.

2. In a water-bandage and adjusting'apparatus therefor, the combinationof an upright, a base to support the same, a beam pivoted on the uprightand adapted to swing vertically and be adjusted thereon, liquid-holdingreceptacles at each end'of the beam, a flexible tube leading from onereceptacle to a coil and thence to the other receptacle, substantiallyas described.

3. In a water-bandage and adjusting apparatns therefor, the combinationof an upright, a base to support the same, a beam pivoted on the uprightand adapted to swing vertically and be adjusted thereon, liquid-holdingreceptacles at each end of the beam, a iiexible tube leading from onereceptacle to a coil, the tubing of-which is flat and thin on one side,and thence to the other, substantially as described.

4. Ina water-bandage and adjusting apparatus therefor, the combinationof an upright, a base to support, the saine, a beam pivoted on theupright` and adapted to swing vertically and be adjusted thereon,liquid-holding receptacles at each end of the beam, a flexible tubeleading from one receptacle to a coil, the

ltubing 0f which is made fiat and thin on one side, and thence from thecoil to the other receptacle; the parts of the tubing where they leavethe coil beingJ rigidly attached thereto and adapted to leave it at thesame place and be joined together for a short distance, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a water-bandage and apparatus therefor, the combination of anupright, a base to support the same, a beam pivoted on the upright andadapted to swing vertically and be adjusted thereon, liquid-holdingreceptacles at eachlend of the beam, a flexible tube leading from onereceptacle to a coil, the tubing of which -is made flat and thin on oneside,

and thence from thecoil to the other receptacle the parts of the tubingwhere they leave the coil being rigidly attached theretoand adapted toleave it at the same place and to be there reinforced by thickening,4 toprevent k'inkingand to facilitate handling of the tube, substantially asdescribed.

6. A coil of tubing adapted to be applied to the human body to reducethe temperature thereof by means of `cold `liquid Aflowing through the'said coil; the tubing of said'coil "being flattened and thinned "at thepoints "where it comes in contact with the body, to VKpresent a largercooling-surface and a thinner wall between the cooling liquid and thebody, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing `witnesses.

CHARLES H. JONES.

Witnesses:

F. M. IRISH, W. S. JOHNSTON.

IOC

